US president Joe Biden might not be visiting Japan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, reported a regional newspaper on Sunday. consistent with the Yomiuri Shimbun, it's likely that the US president's wife, First lady Jill Biden, are going to be making the trip on her own. Japan is looking forward to hosting her for the opening ceremony on July 23 and a possible meeting with prime minister Yoshihide Suga afterward, the newspaper added, without specifying its sources.
Notably, US president Joe Biden has oft confirmed his support for Japanese prime minister Suga in holding the 2020 Tokyo Olympics this year, despite the threat of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic looming within the air. Japan is that the United States' major ally in Asia, and it looks like Biden intends relations to stay cordial, with an eye fixed on furthering diplomacies within the Korea .
The 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8 later this year, the rationale behind the delayed date being Covid-19 related restrictions last time. it had been originally slated to require place from July 24 to August 9 in 2020.
Although Japan has said that the multi-sport event won't allow spectators, there are persistent worries among doctors and public health professionals that holding the Tokyo Olympics could once more trigger a fresh wave of infections within the East Asian island nation. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has urged the general public to observe the Games on television.
Several schools near Tokyo have already shunned the Olympic and therefore the Paralympic events for fear of Covid-19, cancelling quite half the 280,000 tickets reserved for them, press agency Reuters said on Sunday, citing the reportage of a Japanese daily. The federal lifted a coronavirus-related state of emergency for Tokyo and eight other prefectures this month, but health professionals warned of signs in recent weeks that infections could also be on the increase again.
